In situ variation in heart rate of the shore crab Carcinus maenas in relation to environmental factors and physiological condition

Marine Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 765-772

  Aagaard, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b The Danish Environmental Protection Agency EPA   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINUS MAENAS; DARWINIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GRAPSIDAE;

EID: 0029811821     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00349259     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Aagaard A, Andersen BB, Depledge MH (1991) Simultaneous monitoring of physiological and behavioural activity in marine organisms using non-invasive, computer-aided techniques. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 73: 277-282
2. Aagaard A, Depledge MH (1993) Inter-individual variability in the responses of Carcinus maenas to copper exposure. In: Aldrich AC (ed) Proc 27th Eur Mar Biol Symp 1992, Dublin, Ireland. Japaga, Dublin, pp 275-280
3. Aagaard A, Warman CG, Depledge MH (1995a) Tidal and seasonal changes in the temporal and spatial distribution of foraging Carcinus maenas in the weakly tidal littoral zone of Kerteminde Fjord, Denmark. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 122: 165-172
4. Aagaard A, Warman CG, Depledge MH, Naylor E (1995b) Dissociation of heart rate and locomotor activity during the expression of rhythmic behaviour in the shore crab Carcinus maenas. Mar Behav Physiol 26: 1-10
5. Ahsanullah M, Newell RC (1971) Factors affecting the heart rate of the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.). Comp Biochem Physiol 39A, 277-287
6. Aldrich JC (1986) The influences of individual variations in metabolic rate and tidal conditions on the response to hypoxia in Carcinus maenas (L.). Comp Biochem Physiol 83A: 53-60
7. Ansell AD (1973) Changes in oxygen consumption, heart rate and ventilation accompanying starvation in the decapod crustacean, Cancer pagurus. Neth J Sea Res 7: 455-475
8. Bergmeyer HU (1974) Methods of enzymatic analysis. Vol. I. Verlag Chemie/Academic Press. London, pp 174-176
9. Bjerregaard P (1991) Relationship between physiological condition and cadmium accumulation in Carcinus maenas (L.). Comp Biochem Physiol 99A: 75-83
10. Bligh EG, Dyer WJ (1959) A rapid method of total lipid extraction and purification. Can J Biochem Physiol 37(8): 911-917
11. Crothers JH (1968) The biology of the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.). 2. The life of the adult crab. Fld Stud 2(5): 579-614
12. Cumberlidge N, Uglow RF (1977) Heart rate and scaphognathite activity in the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.). J exp mar Biol Ecol 28: 87-107
13. Depledge MH (1978) Cardiac activity of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas (L.). Comp Biochem Physiol 60A: 65-67
14. Depledge MH (1985) The influence of nutritional state on the circulatory and respiratory physiology of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas (L.). J mar Biol Ass UK 65: 69-78
15. Depledge MH (1992) On the tidal, diurnal and seasonal modulation of endogenous cardiac activity rhythms in the shore crab (Carcinus maenas L.). Oebalia (Taranto, Italy) 18: 53-67
16. Depledge MH (1993) The rational basis for the use of biomarkers as ecotoxicological tools. In: Fossi MC, Leonzio C (eds) Nondestructive biomarkers in higher vertebrates. Lewis, Boca Raton, Fla. pp 261-285
17. Depledge MH, Andersen BB (1990) A computer-aided physiological monitoring system for continuous, long-term recording of cardiac activity in selected invertebrates. Comp Biochem Physiol 96A: 473-477
18. Depledge MH, Lundebye AK (1996) Physiological monitoring of pollutant effects in individual rock crabs, Hemigrapsus edwardsi: the ecotoxicological significance of variability in response. Comp Biochem Physiol (in press)
19. Grober MS (1990) Luminescent flash avoidance in the nocturnal crab Portunus xantusii. I. The effect of luminescence and mechanical stimulation on heart rate. J exp Biol 148: 415-426
20. Györkös P (1994) The use of haemolymph parameters in Carcinus maenas (L.) as biomarkers of heavy metal induced stress. MSc Thesis, Odense University Press, Denmark
21. Hamilton NM, Houlihan DF (1992) Respiratory and circulatory adjustments during aquatic treadmill exercise in the European shore crab Carcinus maenas. J exp Biol 162: 37-54
22. Hunter E, Naylor E (1993) Intertidal migration by the shore crab Carcinus maenas. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 101: 131-138
23. Kaiser MJ, Hughes RN, Reid DG (1990) Chelal morphometry, prey-size selection and aggressive competition in green and red forms of Carcinus maenas (L.). J exp mar Biol Ecol 140: 121-134
24. McGaw IJ, Kaiser MJ, Naylor E, Hughes RN (1992) Intraspecific morphological variation related to the moult-cycle in colour forms of the shore crab Carcinus maenas. J Zool, Lond 228. 351-359
25. McGaw IJ, Naylor E (1992a) Distribution and rhythmic locomotor patterns of estuarine and open-shore populations of Carcinus maenas. J mar biol Ass UK 72: 599-609
26. McGaw IJ, Naylor E (1992b) Salinity preference of the shore crab Carcinus maenas in relation to coloration during intermoult and to prior acclimation. J exp mar Biol Ecol 155: 145-159
27. Morris S, Taylor AC (1983) Diurnal and seasonal variation in physico-chemical conditions within intertidal rock pools. Estuar estl Shelf Sci 17: 339-355
28. Naylor E, Atkinson RJA (1972) Pressure and the rhythmic behaviour of inshore marine animals. Symp Soc exp Biol 26: 395-415
29. Reid DG, Abelló P, McGaw IJ, Naylor E (1989) Phenotypic variation in sympatric crab populations. In: Aldrich JC (ed) Phenotypic responses and individuality in aquatic ectotherms. Japaga, Dublin, pp 89-96
30. Reid DG, Abelló P, Warman CG, Naylor E (1994) Size-related mating success in the shore crab Carcinus maenas (Crustacea: Brachyura). J Zool, Lond 232: 397-407
31. Reid DG, Aldrich JC (1989) Variation in response to environmental hypoxia of different colour forms of the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.). Comp Biochem Physiol 92A: 535-539
32. Taylor AC (1976) The respiratory responses of Carcinus maenas to declining oxygen tension. J exp Biol 65: 309-322
33. Taylor AC (1977) The respiratory responses of Carcinus maenas (L.) to changes in environmental salinity. J exp mar Biol Ecol 29: 197-210
34. Taylor AC (1988) The ecophysiology of decapods in the rock pool environment. Symp zool Soc Lond 59: 227-261
35. Trendall JT, Prescott J (1989) Severe physiological stress associated with the annual breeding emigration of Panulirus ornatus in the Torres Strait. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 58: 29-39
36. Warman CG, Reid DG, Naylor E (1993) Variation in the tidal migratory behaviour and rhythmic light-responsiveness in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas. J mar biol Ass UK 73: 355-364
37. Wilkens JL, Mercier AJ (1993) Peptidergic modulation of cardiac performance in isolated hearts from the shore crab Carcinus maenas. Physiol Zoöl 66(2): 237-256
38. Zar JH (1984) Biostatistical analysis. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.